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Ok so my boyfriend comes on here alot and say's he always find's the information he needs and so i was wondering if you could help me this this. I have been given this research assignment and i thought you might all want to join in...i need to find out as many types of digital connections as possible that can be used in the music tec industry.., what equipment they can be found on, who manufactures them and how do they work. If anyone could offer me some information or perhaps some links to websites that might help me i would greatly appreciate it! thanx guys! |
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only digital connections? USB Optical like that, you mean? |
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yeh yeh i already had USB and 5pin din but keep goin lol |
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co-ax ..can't think of that much more.. i don't like digital connections. |
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(forgot MIDI, but that may be 5pin, i don't know) but to find musical equipment with it on... try just checking out the big music-instrument-manufacturing-companies... |
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i prefer analogue but my tutor is making us research digital connections {twat} so i must obay |
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5 pin din and USB can be used for MIDI.. |
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I think i noticed some digital turntable once, but I can't remember which one it was, nor what the "digital" was referring to. do you only mean for music-making, or does it include hi-fi and just listening-stuff? |
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Some more connections, I am not sure if they apply to music devices though. Serial (old input connection for mice/keyboard etc) Parallel (old connection for printers etc) PS/2 (More recent connection for mouse/keyboard) |
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no just for music making.. |
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ah! some of stantons turntables have digital outputs. check the stanton homepage. |
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will do.. so let me recap so far i have: USB 5 pinDIN co-ax serial parallel PS/2 and some stanton turntables have digital outputs..? |
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you forgot the digital optical connection. |
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optical connection too i shall check them out right now cheers |
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SP/DIF too.. |
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of course, when there are turntables with digital outputs, there must be mixers and things like that with digital in/out as well. search around a bit. is firewire or USB2 another connection than normal USB (of course they are, but in connection with the assignment, would it be "legal" to mention them along with USB?) |
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Toslink (aka EIA-J) and Miniplug |
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gosh he's got us doin way too much shit ok this is everything we need to research: *name 3 different pieces of audio equipment that converts analogue to digital *find info on 2 soundcard specs *find info on 2 digital mixing desks *name as many types of digital connections as possible *what equipment can they be found on? *who manufactures them? *how do they work? AAAAHHH!!! i have until 12 to do this :( |
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damn! and you've got everything but the digital connections and the equipment they are on? |
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i think it would be ok.. if not fuck him its another connection aint it i'll mention it and see what he says |
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and how much have you done? |
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LOL no right now i have ~looks~ the first one is completely done.. and i'm finishing up the soundcard specs.. so i have the last 5 to do.. |
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stanton turntable has S/Pdif output. has some digital outputs, but I don't know what they are. |
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firewire. |
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ooh roland, you arse nice my boyfriend wants a 101, 202, 303, 808, and a 909 LOL not much then haha |
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he's not the only one.. but I thought he stopped making music (there should probably be one of those smileys with its tongue out here, but I HATE smileys). i also want a regular analogue synth! they're fucking great! right now, I'm waiting for my turntable (technics sl1210). it may arrive today or tomorrow... i don't think that has any digital outputs though. just write the roland up for MIDI, but it has some other digital output as well.. i just don't know what it is called. |
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got some pretty cool info on some digital mixers.. we have this digital mixer in our college next door, its a mackie but i aint allowed touch it yet LOL my college is pretty shit when it comes to the equipment and they're tight fisted so they wont buy us the stuff we need we aint got no hardware synths no hardware samplers no proper studios, you know with live room and sound booth.. not enough room AND NO MACS!! we have to work on damn PC's running Microshite |
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well he has said he's not doing music again but if he were handed thiose roland's he'd be mad to turn them down.. you never know what'll happen, we'll just have to wait and see.. he has a vintage analgoue synth.. its his circuit bent SK1.. hehe its got some cool little features on it anyway lets not talk about my baby, i love him but i'm aking 4 help on my college assignment and he cant stand people changing the subject |
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not too bad working on a pc. more software. the problem with not enough room is a familiar one. I'll have to throw my computer out (it's old, and I haven't used it for anything useful lately) when I get the turntable... I'm planning on buying a zoom mrs1266 (or whatever) portastudio, though.. running low on space. |
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i'll have to take another digression, as I was reminded of something I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off... I WANT A FUCKING HAMMOND-ORGAN!!!! It would be enough to smell it!!! back to business. you've got S/pdif and MIDI. The Line6 Guitarport uses USB to connect to the computer... |
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i'm not gonna get into PC's versus mac's ok cuz i'm my eye's there's no contest you have your preferences and i have mine |
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ok i'm now on one of the last questions, sorry to be a pain but can u see if u can help with this? HAHA i'm such a cheat my friend next to me hates me right now lol i need to find the manufacturers of fucking digital connections.. who makes them SO USB 5 PIN DIN co-ax serial parallel ps/2 optical sp/dif USB2 firewire EIA-J Mini plug AAAAHHHH brain overload damn, who manufactures them and how do they work i'm about to fall out with my tutor |
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right i'm gonna go for my break then i'll be back to do more "Research" in a bit guys |
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You have a mixture of interefaces and connectors in there...which ones do you want? I have a feeling it is interfaces and it was a poorly phrased question. |
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Anyway: S/P-DIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface Firewire - Invented by Apple and should be called IEEE1394 on non-Apple stuff. MIDI - Was invented by a consortium of manfacturers in the early 80's. USB - A consortium headed by Intel. |
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that's a tough one. i get the impression Sony has a lot to do with stuff like this.. also, the US army. |
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aww ok thanx for all your help guys half an hour to go AAHH |
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The newer stanton decks feature digital out (basically you plug them into the line in ports on your mixer as opposed to phono ones). |
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why? it is no use having digital outputs on a vinyl-player.. it completely destroys the point of vinyl. co-ax and optical is probably some army thing. you should check us and uk army-websites... |
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us and uk arm websites lol i'll try my best |
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army damn my typo's |
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i though England was supposed to be one hour BEFORE norway, but it was 12 'o clock here for 47 mins. ago. |
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i cant seem to find anything about the us and uk army's making the coax and optical connectors :( i'm shit at this |
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hmm.. then it's probably Sony or something. although.. the co-ax has been used for tv-signals for quite some time now... try to or something. |
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found out bout the optical connectors they were used by the military |
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right i'm off back to class now everyone, cheers 4all your help you're top guys take care and peace laters |
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'SCSI' connections to attach PC to samplers |
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as far as i knew, SCSI is mainly for Hard Disks......not proprietry to samplers |
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I think SCSI is as valid as anything else that has been mentioned here :D |
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